How authentic is the Hadith of Ibn Mas'ud which states: "Beware of sins, for a servant may commit a sin by which he is deprived of a provision that had been prepared for him"?
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We have not found a ruling for the Tradition () in question: "Beware of sins, for indeed, a servant commits a sin and is thereby deprived of a provision that had been prepared for him..." It was mentioned by Al-Sakhawi and Al-Ajlouni without commentary. Ibn Abi Hatim narrated it through the chain of Umar ibn Subh, who is very weak; Ibn Hibban said of him: "He fabricates hadith." Similar in meaning is the hadith: "Indeed, a man is deprived of provision by a sin he commits," which some scholars have deemed weak.
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